Rip
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Hoosier, no I am serious. We are talking serious breach of competency here along the lines of only giving 4 points for a TD. There is no doubt, none that Boise missed the FG. We are not talking about judgement here, not talking about questionable calls though there were plenty. We are talking about officials not understanding the rules.
The NCAA is already looking at adding in a countdown rule at the end of the game to stop this incompetence from happening. The officials didn't make the correct calls nor did they do the correct things. This is not my opinion, this is as black and white as plussing a possum.
I don't know that it was intentional, it was just incompetence.
You should never just walk off 5 yards for a 15 yard penalty and it is not disputed that it was a 15 yarder. 12 men were lined up at the snap and participated. That isn't too many men on the field, that's illegal participation. Automatic 15 yarder. No question, no doubt. They had replay that showed it and they just didn't know the rule or missed it in the heat of the moment but there is no doubt they mistakenly walked off a 5 yarder not a 15 yarder.
You must stand over the ball and keep the offense from snapping the ball until all substitutions are made and then move away and allow the snap. If the offense doesn't substitute then this is not requrired but UNC ran their entire FG team out there, the ball by rule should never have been allowed to be snapped.
Again this is not in dispute, this is in direct violation of NCAA rules.
The count down would mean that nobody would have to depend on officials in the heat of the moment doing the wrong thing like they did last night.
That's why they are looking at doing it.
There will be a new rule next year to prevent this from happening to another team. Write it down. It's coming.
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Last edited by Rip on 12-31-2010 at 06:45 PM
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